Bob in STL

I take some issue with #1 and #2. The attendance was very good for a team that in not very good, especially with a fan base that has to deal with talks of a move for the past several years. The owner sold them out and publicly stated he was moving the team on many occasions. What would have happened to attendance in Buffalo given the same circumstances? The politicians did what politicians do. The team had impossible demands to meet. The current dome in St. Louis is a fine venue for a dome. It would be extremely wasteful to have to build another stadium here to keep the RAMS but that is what the city was up against. St. Louis got jerked around at the last expansion when the NFL chose Jacksonville, clearly a mistake. Remember the people here got swindled into buying PSL's, that gave them the "right" to buy seats. The NFL cashed in big on the Rams move to St. Louis and will cash in big on the move back. I have lived in LA, Baltimore, St. Louis and Buffalo. LA has the worst fan base for the NFL. St. Louis is a pretty good football market, there are still St. Louis Cardinals fans out here. By the end of their 2nd losing season in LA no one will care about the Rams in LA. The stadium will be empty again. There will most likely never be another NFL team in St. Louis. I will agree with that.

The behavior at Bills games is often out of control. I've been to 12 nfl stadiums. The drunken idiots at the Ralph are the worst.

I can't see Pegula hiring Polian after last year and this whole notion of as "czar" is media fluff. Pegula was looking for consulting help from Polian last year, and not necessarily anything more. Then Marrone bolted and Polian claimed the job was bigger than he wanted to take on. Now that Polian has his Gold Jacket he is ready to consult? Terry may have moved on. Pegula can, and mostly likely does, talk to many people in a consulting role on a variety of topics related to his many interests. I can see him hiring a President of Football Operations, not as magical mythical czar. I don't see that position as a consulting job, that is the guy who will hire the GM and various college/pro personnel people. This will be the guy that sets the strategy.

Not seeing a great year here but overall solid. He is playing like an above average center. The media says he is a team leader, maybe because he is willing to talk to them ... they have a closer view than we do. On the Redskins game goal line stance we was owned.

The Bills players under Levy had them all the time. Polian covered his coaches and players, the coaches stuck by their players. The players held each other accountable. Started as "bickering" but they figured out the dynamic and they had the chemistry. Players only meetings are good. They show that the players are owning the problem and working it out. I've posted this many times. This team is lacking in leadership. From Rex/Whaley on down. Rex sets the tone, the players can pretty much say what they want and do what they want. They are individuals and treated as such. Apparently accountability is lacking to (see comments by Watkins). Ok, Jackson was as leader but is now gone. I don't buy that Eric Wood is a leader, his play has been so poor that he cannot talk about others. Mario and Shady are quiet, brooding types. Dareus and Glenn seem to be disinterested. Felton and Clay are new. Graham shows some leadership, maybe Richie, that's about it so far. Preston Brown and Tyrod are young, potential leaders. Leadership matters, and we ain't got none. On top of that, no matter what you do, or don't do, Rex is going to stand up and support you and accept the blame in his condescending manner. We don't have player elected team captains. Many teams have the same captain's every week. You can do this and add some new coaches selected players each week, based on their play and readiness. The way that Rex picks captains for a game is a joke and lessons the value of being a captain, you cannot grow leaders this way.

Yes. He is there to let Rex run the defense. The good news is that Rex will stick by him so if you want to get rid of Rex just start firing his key people. He'll quit the game.

I too liked the way Rex started out, I fell for the marketing schmaltz as he embraced our community, our Bills History, and our fan base. I bought in into it. I very quickly became concerned about the quality of the product on the field. All the little things that decide close games --- penalties, clock management, use of signals and head sets, two minute drills, third down performance, special teams, and half time adjustments ---- we took a big step backwards and actually have not improved in any of these phases of the game. I do put this on Rex. Attention to details .. it is the HC's job to see these things are covered. The players have a lot of freedom, and I guess that is the way it is for modern players, they like to express themselves. Problem is there is no accountability on this team. Rex publicly takes the blame for everything when we know his players are underperforming. They underperform because of the country club atmosphere and the buddy-buddy relationship they have with him. Heck, even the picking of captains is a problem. It is an honor to be a captain of an NFL Team. A honor that should not be taken lightly. You need the REAL LEADERS to represent the team. Rex uses the Team Captains as some kind of inside joke side show and it really irks me. IK "what's his name" a captain against the Jets? Our entire underperforming OL the captains against the Jags? Shady McCoy the ONLY captain against the Eagles? No accountability among the players, no real leadership. Easy to see why when you look at it. Clearly a few veterans, like Mario, do not like the way the club is being run.

Nice way of demoting him into leaving. ?

Yes. I agree. Add in a healthy Kyle Williams. Brown looks really bad in this Rex Defense, whatever it is.

Why would anyone attend next week games? ... to sit among Dallas Cowboys fans and boo your team of course. Seriously, this will be a game that the fans will voice their opinions to Terry and Kim.

Great talent but not the kind of player a building team can count on, especially at his age. Shady is a bad fit in Buffalo and he clearly does not want to be here. After his selfish and childish behavior before, during, and after the Eagles game my mind is made up on him. He looked like crap on the short yardage runs. His backups outplayed him today. How much more convincing is needed that he is not the answer. Shameful waste of cap space IMO.

Really sad. The team is lacking real leadership. We have some "good" players that don't want to be here. We have some others that should not be here. Usually this situation gets worse before it gets better.

To all you fans backing McCoy's behavior, read the Darryl Talley interview, and then think about McCoy's behavior and his decision to stay in Philly to party with his old teammates. Maybe people and players have changed a lot in the 20 years that past since the Bills Super Bowl Teams? I just done agree with how McCoy could: bring up old bad blood about the trade with Kelly, hug the owner before the game, kiss the Eagle on the field, storm off the field after the loss, and then not fly home with his team (and in support of his team). After the game is the time for hugs and hello's. After the game, especially a loss, is when you see what people are really made of. Humble in victory, gracious in defeat ... clearly these are things that do not resonate like they used too. I just can't help but think that no mater how talented this current Bills team is, they lack the real leadership needed to be winners.

I can blame him and will blame him. Kiss the Eagle! What a complete fool. Never saw Gilcrest, Simpson, Cribbs or Thomas do any such thing. All of these former great Bills running backs were traded our not re-signed. McCoy is a talent but what a head case. If that was giving his all them we got robbed. At a time when we need leadership most he pulls this crybaby act. All about Shady. I am sure he is still going to cash his paycheck.

I am having a hard time understanding McCoy's season long obsession with being "wronged" by the trade. I get it, he loves Philly and Pennsylvania but really, grow up man. McCoy acted like a jerk all week. He had a nice first half but when the penalties and poor field position took its toll in the second half it seemed that he failed to make plays when we needed it must. He was not the only one. McCoy' s lack of leadership was as problem today. This team is void of leadership. Starting with the head coach. No one is accountable for anything.

Really? Now you sound like Rex. Is there much difference between Kwandjo and Henderson? Not really. Between Urbik and Miller? Miller is a slight upgrade but making rookie mistakes too. Yes, we are missing Watkins and Tyrod, that is legit but really we lost to the 30th ranked team in the league. I think Harvin is a waste. We are better with the guys we played today. I thought that Fred Jackson and Cassel were useful veteran players to have around but the powers the be let them go.

Not me. Schwartz is not the answer here. I let Whaley go and then hire an experienced football man with a winning track record. Let him deal with Rex. Most likely Rex would be gone quickly and the new GM will be responsible for hiring the coach. Terry and Kim and Brandon should not be hiring the next coach. Let Whaley go, that is Step One.

I think he is taking about making a play, like stopping the last drive, and not giving up the go ahead TD. This is the most overrated defense in Bills history. They are not the reason the Bills lost today but they are a reason we did not win.

I connected my one year old laptop to my 4k flat screen via hdmi. This just exposed the lower resolution but I liked the big screen viewing so I could sit in my recliner. My smart tv could not do the job, even with the Yahoo app loaded, it would not stream. Don't know why? Lots of drop outs and blurring over the course of the game. Overall experience was crap. I don't want to watch football on a computer screen.

I ended up connecting my laptop hdmi to the big screen tv. Streaming on laptop, watching on the big screen now. Thanks for listening to me vent. Go Bills. Red better get the defense fixed.

This sucks. My Vizio smart tv had the Yahoo live nfl icon but nothing streams. Watching it on a Toshiba laptop. Worse than black and white 1965 Bills games of my youth. Any way to watch this on my smart tv? I don't have x box or other stuff connected. Maybe my smart DVD player????? Maybe it has a better app?

I have a Yahoo app on my Vizio smart tv. So far nothing? What is up?

Popular Bills - 1. Jim Kelly 2. Paul MacGuire 3. Jack Kemp 4. Fred Jackson 5. Billy Shaw 6. Kent Hull 7. Therman Thomas 8. Bruce Smith 9. Daryl Talley 10. Andre Reed 11. Ernie Warlick - yes, Ernie Warlick was loved in Buffalo (Henry's Hamburgers) Unpopular Bills 1. Willis Magahee 2. Tom Cousineau 3. Donte Whitner 4. Freddie "the turncoat" Smerlas 5. Ronnie Harmon

All NFL owners are rich. You want one that is willing to spend what it takes to win, and spend it wisely. The first part is easier than the second.

The OP has some relevant comments, Rex has to learn from past mistakes if he is going to take us to the next level. Thank God for second chances. Who would be coaching in next week's Super Bowl without them?